Please join us for another installment of Resilience through Joy—a one-day retreat dedicated to deep rest, rejuvenation, and a reset. About Resilience through Joy This program is designed with a trauma-aware approach, aiming to delve into the realm of the senses, imagination, memory, and movement. Through this meditative exploration, individuals discover a newfound sense of […]
Point Loma Nazarene University presents: 'From the Maw' Reading Series: Ari Honarvar and Katie Manning Books, Poetry | The Point Loma Nazarene University graduate creative writing program is launching a new reading series in Ocean Beach. Each event will spotlight prominent writers supported by a group of students in the program. The inaugural reading features Ari […]
For millennia, Indigenous cultures have embraced joy-driven arts like dance, song, and storytelling to nurture wellbeing, strengthen bonds, and foster shared purpose. Modern science confirms these practices reduce stress, boost immunity, and aid trauma recovery. Joyful artistic expression also serves as reparative rehumanization—a process that restores dignity, cultural identity, and connection to individuals and communities […]
Ari Honarvar will perform a spoken word piece, lead a dance warm-up, and engage the audience in interactive activities. Details in webpage.
The Musical Ambassadors of Peace training is a trauma-aware, culturally sensitive, uplifting, movement and music-making course spanning two full-day and one half-day sessions. In these sessions participants will acquire skills in facilitating groups through the expressive arts of singing, dancing, and music-making. While one may specialize in one area, all attendees will walk away with […]
A Call for Culture® Experience & Community of Practice. Answer the call to reimagine the role of work in societal change The Culture Impact Lab is a beacon of empowerment, a crucible for mobilizing our collective strength to build a better world through community leadership and culture building. It is designed to unite and be […]
This AWP panel confronts the controversial relationship between art and money, and the many ways in which writers support themselves financially on the path, pay their bills, navigate publishing (which isn’t known to be transparent with money, numbers, book advances, and outreach), advocate for themselves, ask for fair compensation for their labor, and do the […]
Science is beginning to catch up to what our ancestors knew in their blood: the deep connection between art, joy, and societal health. Prioritizing joy makes us healthier. Finding pleasure in healthy practices makes life more joyful. The more we nurture this cycle, the more resilient we become as a society. The problem is that […]
The Musical Ambassadors of Peace training is a trauma-aware, culturally sensitive, uplifting, movement and music-making course spanning two full-day and one half-day sessions. In these sessions, participants will acquire skills in facilitating groups through the expressive arts of singing, dancing, and music-making. While one may specialize in one area, all attendees will walk away with […]
Excited to welcome Ari Honarvar to the Culture Impact Lab 2025 stage! In a world that has normalized the dehumanization of people at work, Ari’s work is focused on reparative rehumanization, informed by her own experience as an unaccompanied 14-year-old immigrant, along with her background in medical research and work with trauma experts. Ari is […]